ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of Russian entrepreneurs jailed for economic crimes could be a step closer to freedom after President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a draft amnesty bill was ready and may be taken up by parliament before its summer break.
But Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of defunct oil firm Yukos and a prominent critic of Putin, is unlikely to be released early under the amnesty which would only apply to those who have been convicted once. Khodorkovsky was convicted twice - of fraud in 2005 and again in 2010.
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